It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for participation by the State of Alabama in programs of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce which provide for furnishing census information to the states for purposes of reapportionment, pursuant to federal laws for that purpose. It is further the purpose of this chapter to reduce voter confusion and facilitate the election process in Alabama.
Ala. Code § 17-6-1
Purpose.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case United States v. Marengo County Commission (1984)
Most recently applied in 695 F. Supp. 517 - Harris v. Siegelman (June 1988)
(Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §1; §17-5A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.